Assessing the Commerciality of Oil and Gas Development Projects Webinar

Language: English
Cost: No chargeIf an E&P development project is technically – and commercially – mature, future production associated to the project, can be classified as reserves, and Reserves-Based-Lending (RBL) would become an opportunity.

In this webinar we focus on the requirements that need to be fulfilled to move a project from the contingent resources to the reserves category. A project for example, consists of drilling of new wells, as part of a work program or a full field development, underpinned by a sound field development plan. We will provide insight into how the chance of commerciality may be improved, among others. This information could be helpful in a low oil price environment where a company’s reserves base will be one of the factors to attract capital.

Agenda

• Introduction
• PRMS project sub-classification
• Moving from contingent resources to reserves category
• Aspects important in the demonstration of technical- and commercial maturity
• Important definitions

Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Understand the “y-axis”, i.e. chance of commerciality of the PRMS resource matrix
• Explain why it is important to assess the commercial maturity of an E&P project for oil companies
• Understand under which conditions projects can move from the contingent resources category to the reserves category
• Explain some of the commercial aspects of resource estimations, including tips and hints

Background

Presently, many E&P companies are faced with challenges associated with the low oil price environment. It may be unclear which E&P projects now qualify for reserves, in view of reserves-based-lending (RBL) or attracting of venture capital. A reserves report or Competent Person’s report (CPR) is usually required. This webinar improves the insight into how reserves auditors assess, judge and value the available resources.

Target Audience

The webinar is particularly suited for the following oil and gas industry staff: petroleum engineers, reservoir engineers, production technologists, geoscientists, asset leads, discipline managers, petroleum economists, general managers, and commercial managers.

Language: English
Cost: No charge

Presenter

Niek Dousi, Senior Petroleum Engineer / Project Manager

Niek holds an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He joined SGS in 2005 and is currently Senior Petroleum Engineer within the SGS subsurface consultancy. Niek is experienced in performing and supervising economic analysis. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, he managed four large reserves certification studies on Dutch, Gabonese, East African- and Omani assets, among smaller reserves audits.

Recently, in 2019, Niek was part of a special team to support a large middle eastern NOC in building a detailed country portfolio model comprising of assets with many multi billion barrels of in place oil volumes.